We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Cloud Architect to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) solutions to support enterprise mission systems and business applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure, scalable, and high-performing cloud environments, leveraging your deep knowledge of Oracle products and cloud architecture best practices. This role demands technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on experience with Oracle-based systems in high-volume environments. If you thrive in a fast-paced, data-driven organization and enjoy solving complex data engineering challenges, we want to hear from you. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI eligibility with Poly required.
Required Skills:
- The ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI eligibility with CI polygraph required.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- Minimum 10+ years of experience in building enterprise-scale mission systems, preferably within the federal sector
- Proven hands-on experience with IaaS services including compute, storage, networking, FaaS, identity, and access management. Strong understanding of cloud architecture and best practices for deploying scalable and secure cloud environments
- Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) in OCI environments
- Familiarity with Cloud platforms such as Oracle, AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with Oracle databases (on-premise and cloud), including provisioning, configuration, backup, and recovery
- Proficiency with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools for managing OCI resources
- Solid understanding of network protocols, firewalls, VPNs, and cloud security principles
- Ability to monitor and troubleshoot performance issues in OCI environments
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams including data scientists, DBAs, and business analysts
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for documenting and presenting solutions
Desired Skills:
- Knowledge of data security best practices and regulatory compliance
- Experience with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines in a data engineering context
- Oracle certifications (e.g., Oracle Certified Professional or Oracle Big Data certification) are a plus
- Experience supporting Intelligence Community (IC)-related agencies and working with geospatial data types
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and infrastructure-as-code (IaC)
- Developing and implementing multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud strategies
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and innovative thinking skills
Disclaimer:
Certain U.S. based or U.S. customer or client-facing roles may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunization/occupational health mandates, and/or drug testing requirements.
Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only
US: Hiring Range in USD from: $97,500 to $209,500 per annum. May be eligible for bonus and equity.
Oracle maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions and locations, as well as reflect Oracle's differing products, industries and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed into the range based on the preceding factors as well as internal peer equity.
Oracle US offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes the following:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
- Short term disability and long term disability
- Life insurance and AD&D
- Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
- Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
- 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
- Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to all eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to all other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual rate is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial planning and group legal
- Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance
The role will generally accept applications for at least three calendar days from the posting date or as long as the job remains posted.
Career Level - IC4